Tapas-style pasta salad

Enjoy a delicious and flavorful Tapas-style pasta salad bursting with Mediterranean flavors. Perfect for a light and refreshing meal or side dish.

Ingredients:

• 230g gemelli or other short pasta
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided, plus more for pasta water
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup blanched whole almonds
• ¼ cup sherry vinegar (such as Don Bruno)
• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 to 2 teaspoons anchovy paste
• ½ teaspoon fresh oregano leaves, finely chopped
• 110g Manchego cheese, broken into ½-inch pieces (about 1 cup)
• 90g dry-cured Spanish chorizo, sliced ⅛-in. thick (about ¾ cup)
• ½ cup pitted herb-dressed olives, roughly chopped

Instructions:

1. Prepare the pasta by boiling it in a big pot with salted water; then, strain it and keep it to one side.
2. In a spacious frying pan, warm up vegetable oil over medium heat; put almonds in and keep stirring until they turn golden and start to smell nice, which usually takes around 2 to 3 minutes. Let them dry on paper towels, sprinkle with a quarter teaspoon of salt.
3. In a large bowl, mix vinegar, olive oil, anchovy paste, oregano, and the remaining three-quarters teaspoon of salt together. Then, mix in the pasta, almonds, cheese, chorizo, and olives, and stir everything together.

Summary:

• Calories: 3569 kcal
• Fat: 274 g
• Protein: 87 g
• Carbs: 199 g
• Potassium: 1453 mg
• Magnesium: 376 mg